LFG 2006 - Final Call for Papers
Aoife Cahill
aoife.cahill at COMPUTING.DCU.IE
Thu Jan 19 16:55:47 UTC 2006
[Apologies for Multiple Postings]
Final Call for Papers: LFG 2006
ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL LEXICAL FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR CONFERENCE
DATES 10 - 13 July 2006
Konstanz, Germany
Conference website: http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/conferences/lfg06/
Abstract submission receipt deadline: 15 February 2006
Submissions should be sent to the LFG Program Committee
(see addresses below)
The 11th International Lexical Functional Grammar Conference will be
hosted by the University of Konstanz, Germany from July 10th to 13th
2006. Pre-conference activities are planned for July 8th and 9th.
LFG 2006 welcomes work within the formal architecture of
Lexical-Functional Grammar as well as typological, formal, and
computational work within the 'spirit of LFG' as a lexicalist approach
to language employing a parallel, constraint-based framework. The
conference aims to promote interaction and collaboration among
researchers interested in non-derivational approaches to grammar, where
grammar is seen as the interaction of (perhaps violable) constraints
from multiple levels of structuring, including those of syntactic
categories, grammatical relations, semantics and discourse.
Further information about LFG as a syntactic theory is available at the
following sites:
<http://www.essex.ac.uk/linguistics/LFG/>
<http://www-lfg.stanford.edu/lfg/>
SUBMISSIONS: TALKS AND POSTERS
The main conference sessions will involve 45-minute talks (30 min. + 15
min. discussion), and poster/system presentations. Contributions should
focus on results from completed as well as ongoing research, with an
emphasis on novel approaches, methods, ideas, and perspectives, whether
descriptive, theoretical, formal or computational. Presentations should
describe original, unpublished work.
DISSERTATION SESSION
As in previous years, we are hoping to hold a special session that will
give students the chance to present recent PhD dissertations (or other
student research dissertations). The dissertations must be completed by
the time of the conference, and they should be made publicly accessible
(e.g., on the World Wide Web). The talks in this session should provide
an overview of the contents of the dissertation; the talks will be 20
minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion period. The International
LFG Association (ILFGA) will pay the conference fees for the students
presenting at the student session.
Students should note that the main sessions are certainly also open to
student submissions.
WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
LFG06 will include a Workshop on South Asian Languages. The workshop
will give special emphasis to the interaction between case and
semantics, in particular, the interaction between case and aspect.
Please watch the conference website for more information.
TIMETABLE
Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2006
Acceptances sent out: 31 March 2006
Conference: 10 - 13 July 2006
SUBMISSION SPECIFICATIONS
Abstracts for talks, posters/demonstrations and the dissertation session
must be received by February 15, 2005. All abstracts should be sent to
the program committee at the addresses given below.
For further site information, or offers of organisational help, contact
the local organiser at: lfg06 at uni-konstanz.de
Submissions should be in the form of abstracts only. Abstracts can be
up to two A4 pages in 10pt or larger type and should include a title.
Omit name and affiliation, and obvious self-reference. Note: we no
longer ask for a separate page for data and figures (c-/f- and related
structures). They can be included in the text of the abstract, obeying
the overall two-page limit.
Abstracts may be submitted by email or by regular mail. Email submission
is preferred.
The following information should be provided separately:
PAPER TITLE: __________________________________________
(for each author:)
NAME: _______________________________
AFFILIATION: _______________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: _______________________________
IS AUTHOR A STUDENT? (Y/N) ___
(for dissertation session submissions:)
UNIVERSITY: _______________________________
ADVISOR(S): _______________________________
(EXPECTED) DATE OF SUBMISSION: _______________________
SESSION TYPE: _________________________
(Should submission be considered for:
(1) talk or poster,
(2) talk only,
(3) poster/demonstration only,
(4) dissertation session.)
(Note: In the absence of session type specification, submissions will be
considered for both the talk and the poster sessions, and the program
co-chairs may decide that certain submissions are better as poster
presentations than as read papers.)
Regular Mail:
Include:
- Eight copies of the abstract/paper.
- A card or cover sheet with author information.
Email:
Include the author information in the body of your email message.
Include or preferably attach your abstract. The preferred file formats
are PDF or plain ASCII. (If you cannot create PDF, HTML and postscript
will be accepted too. Postscript files require special care to avoid
problems: make sure your system is set to include all fonts, or at least
all but the standard 13; if using a recent version of Word, make sure
you click the printer Properties button and then the Postscript tab, and
there choose Optimize for Portability; on all platforms make sure the
system is not asking for a particular paper size or other
device-specific configuration. It is your responsibility to send us a
file that us and our reviewers can print. You can often test this by
trying to look at the file in a screen previewer such as Ghostview.)
All abstracts will be reviewed by at least three people.
Papers will appear in the proceedings, which will be published online by
CSLI Publications. Selected papers may also appear in a printed volume
published by CSLI Publications.
ORGANISERS AND THEIR CONTACT ADDRESSES
Send abstract submissions and inquiries about submissions to:
Program Committee
Email: Kersti Börjars <k.borjars at man.ac.uk>
Aoife Cahill <aoife.cahill at computing.dcu.ie>
Mail: LFG 2006
c/o Aoife Cahill or c/o Kersti Börjars
School of Computing School of Languages,
Linguistics and Cultures
Dublin City University University of Manchester
Dublin 9 Manchester M13 9PL
Ireland UK
Local conference organiser:
Miriam Butt
INFORMATION about Konstanz, as well as accommodation and registration
details, are available on the conference website:
http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/conferences/lfg06/. There is now an
on-line form for the reservation of hotel rooms available. If you know
you are going to be coming to the conference for sure, it is best if you
reserve a room as early as possible.
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